Nigerian Floating School Design Echoes ‘Beasts’

An artist's rendering of an entire sustainable floating community based on Adeyemi's designs. Image via NLE Architecture.

Like the heroine Hushpuppy in the Oscar-nominated "Beasts of the Southern Wild," a Nigerian architect is building a sustainable floating school to ensure that children's education endures global warming. Read more →

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Holland’s Floating Pavilion Designed For Rising Seas

Rotterdam's prototype floating city project will be moored to the waterfront through 2015. Image by William Veerbeek/Flickr.

To prepare for expected flooding of the countryside due to global warming, Dutch architects are designing a "climate-proof" prototype city that can rise along with the average sea level. Read more →

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The Krystall, A Floating 5-Star Hotel For Norway

Krystall floating hotel

Dutch Docklands, known for their floating developments in the Maldives, has turned its attention to Norway with a floating, self-sustaining 5-star hotel. Read more →

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Architecture For A Hot Planet: The Maldives’ Floating Hotel

Greenstar Hotel, Maldives

A new floating hotel slated for the Maldives will be complete by 2014, and is expected to become a premier location for global conferences on climate change. Read more →

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